Hancock Stadium is a 15,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Normal, Illinois. It opened in 1963. It is home to the Illinois State University Redbirds football team.

Opened in 1963 and named after former Illinois State’s athletic director Dr Howard Hancock. In 1969, Hancock Stadium became Illinois’s first college stadium that featured artificial turf as its playing surface. The artificial turf was replaced and a new scoreboard was installed, but these are the only noteworthy upgrades in the nearly forty-five year history of the facility.

For many years, Hancock Stadium was the home of the Illinois High School football championships.

Hancock Stadium is the home of the Big Red Marching Machine. The BRMM was once one of the largest marching bands in the nation and still earns national notoriety.

Each October, the stadium hosts the Illinois Invitational High School Band Championship where scores of high school marching bands compete for the state title.

It is also home to the Twin City Storm of the MLFA.

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